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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 2042: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on March 17, 2042Waning Crescent

Monday 17 March 2042372,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
372,072 km231,195 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2042 is on Thursday, March 6, 2042 at 20:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 14, 204223:21
New Moon (after)Friday, March 21, 204217:23

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2042 to the new moon of March 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.41 days.